Fact check: Are PlayStation Controllers made from dogs’ noses?

Pictures claim video game controllers are made from dogs.

“Every year 10 million dogs are killed to make PlayStation controllers”

Fact check

A report by Snopes claims these pictures circulate since 2015. The page „Amazing Facts and Nature“ published this article first – but it’s been intended to be satire.

Several inconsistencies indicate it’s satirical – including the spelling of “gaymers” and claiming it’s about Game Cube controllers (which is by Nintendo) made by Microsoft and simultaneously showing a “Sony” controller. The article no longer is online, but the screenshot is still going viral.

Verdict

It’s fake! Yes, the tumbsticks may resemble dogs’ noses to an extent, but using them for video game controllers would be highly impractical and ridiculous. They’re made from synthetic materials as is the rest of the controller. If they were organic the thumbsticks would soon start to rot. Aside from the fact that raising and killing animals for that purpose would be very expensive and cruel.